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Francisco Tárrega
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Spanish composer and classical guitarist (1852-1909)
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Francisco Tárrega was a Spanish guitarist, composer, pianist, and music arranger. Born in Villarreal in 1852, he was a male citizen of Spain who spoke Spanish. He studied at the Madrid Royal Conservatory and was a student of Julián Arcas. His musical career spanned from 1874 until 1909, the year of his death on December 15.
Tárrega is associated with the Romantic music genre and played the classical guitar and guitar. His notable work includes the composition *Recuerdos de la Alhambra*. He had several students, including Rita Brondi, Daniel Fortea, Emilio Pujol, and Miguel Llobet. He is categorized as a Spanish composer and classical artist.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1852
- Active to
- 1909
Discography
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra / Lágrima / Danza mora / Adelita / Pavana / Jota1983
- Guitar Works & Arrangements1990
- Sevilla1990
- Favourite Guitar Music1991
- Integral de Guitarra1991
- Tárrega / Moreno Torroba / Albéniz / Ponce / Villa‐Lobos1998
- What about this, Mr. Tárrega ?1998
- Complete Works for Guitar; Giulio Tampalini, guitar CD 2 of 22002
- Obras para guitarra2002
- Tarrega: Complete Works for Guitar2002
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 195,516
- Total plays
- 1,635,343
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Francisco Tárrega (Francisto Tarrega y Eixea) (1852-11-21 - 1909-12-15) was a Spanish composer and guitarist. Born in Villarreal, Spain, he fell into an irrigation channel when he was young, which rendered him nearly blind. Partially due to this accident, the family moved to Castellon and enrolled him in music classes. Both his first music teachers, Eugeni Ruiz and Manuel Gonzalez, were blind. In 1862, guitarist Julián Arcas heard the young prodigy and encouraged him to journey to Barcelona, a
Key facts
- Born
- Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea , ( 1852-11-21 ) 21 November 1852, Villarreal , Spain
- Died
- 15 December 1909 (1909-12-15) (aged 57), Barcelona , Spain
- Occupations
- Composer guitarist
- Years active
- 1874–1909
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Villarreal
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Madrid Royal Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- Romantic music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Francisco tarrega retrato.jpg
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- Commons category
- Francisco Tárrega
- date of birth
- 1852-11-21
- date of death
- 1909-12-15
- student
- Josefina Robledo Gallego
- start of work period
- 1874-00-00
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Francisco Tárrega
- end of work period
- 1909-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
17 objects attributed to Francisco Tárrega, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
¡Adelita! [Música notada]: mazurka para guitarra
Gran vals [Música notada]: para guitarra
Preludio número 1 [Música notada]; Preludio número 2 : para guitarra
The Butterfly [Noted Music]: Study for Guitar
Capricho árabe [Música notada]: serenata para guitarra
Mazurka [Música notada]
Preludio 7º [Música notada]
Preludio 6º [Música notada]
Minuetto [Música notada]
Dream! [Music noticed]: tremolo (study)
Memories of the Alhambra [Music Noted]
Estudio en forma de minuetto [Música notada]
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Encyclopedic overview
Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe, Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Gran Vals, the latter of which became the Nokia tune.
Biography
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